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Hackensack River Erie Swing Bridge

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Hackensack River on Erie Railroad (abandoned)
Location
Hudson County, New Jersey
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1899; removed from service 2002
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
DB Draw
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.75832, -74.09373   (decimal degrees)
40°45'30" N, 74°05'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/576497/4512323 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Weehawken
Inventory number
BH 52334 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1899 (169)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Closed (2,071)
Deck girder (1,800)
Erie Railroad (17)
Girder (3,236)
Hackensack River (11)
Hudson County, New Jersey (36)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
New Jersey (749)
Norfolk Southern Railway (453)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Plate girder (2,250)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,658)
Railroad (4,070)
Swing (534)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,566)

Update Log 

  • May 3, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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